Has the nation reached a ‘new normal' in how much care we can afford? During the past couple of weeks, it sure felt as if the nation had been transported back to the late 1960s.
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The nation's hospitals and physicians are failing to properly care for the chronically ill, and the problem isn't going to go away anytime soon.
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U.S. tax-exempt hospitals devoted an average of 11.3% of their expenses to benefitting their communities, based on an analysis of disclosures the Internal Revenue Service required for the first time in 2009, according to the American Hospital Association.
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Devicemakers criticized a new report from the Government Accountability Office finding that physician influence on hospital purchasing may cause hospitals to pay more for some implantable medical devices.
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Two CMS anti-fraud programs, whose Jan. 1 launch was scrubbed because of provider concerns, will start June 1 instead, according to the agency.
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Three provider groups criticized the Internal Revenue Service for the way the agency revised the Schedule H section of the Form 990 that hospitals file.
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St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco is one of four hospitals overseen by Glenna Vaskelis, Dignity Health's senior vice president for operations for the Bay Area. The location of the hospital was incorrectly identified in the Jan. 30 issue.
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A group made up of 13 drugmakers, governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and several global health groups made a $785 million commitment toward fighting neglected tropical diseases.
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The nation's hospitals and physicians are failing to properly care for the chronically ill, and the problem isn't going to go away anytime soon.
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While healthcare's finest minds continue to wrestle over how to measure quality, the National Quality Forum lit a match near another potential powder keg by taking the first steps toward defining how to measure “value.”
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Hospitals, physicians and payers are all still scrambling to upgrade electronic billing systems and fix glitches to meet an already extended deadline with standards for electronic submission of healthcare claims and other administrative transactions.
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Flexibility for employers, a minimum federal compliance standard for states, and a clear definition of “medical necessity” were among the essential health benefit recommendations that provider groups, business associations and health plans sent to HHS.
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Members of Congress are talking about tax increases and additional healthcare spending cuts after their nonpartisan accounting office reported that federal healthcare spending will more than double in the next decade.
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Omnicare's argument that the Federal Trade Commission has already declared the institutional pharmacy market competitive fails to take into account the full impact of Medicare Part D.
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Modern Healthcare is seeking participants for its inaugural Fast 40 award program that will recognize the fastest-growing companies in the $2.7 trillion healthcare industry. The industry is booming and so, too, are many organizations and corporations that serve it.
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Launched with a campaign that sought to set the world on fire, the initial pilots using the Prometheus bundled-payment model found themselves struggling to get started.
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As CEO of Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., Donald Fesko has brought about a change in culture that's resulted in rising patient-satisfaction scores and greater teamwork among vice presidents.
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When Alyson Pitman Giles became president and CEO of CMC Healthcare System in Manchester, N.H., 13 years ago, she inherited an organization losing $6 million a year.
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During the decade-plus that Major Gen. David Rubenstein has served in a series of senior leadership positions in the U.S. Army's medical operations, he and his colleagues have faced a series of challenges related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Michael Waters led his organization through several transformations in healthcare management during his nearly quarter-century as CEO at Hendrick Health System in Abilene, Texas, where he served from 1980 to 2004.
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RENTON, Wash.—Providence Health & Services will combine its western Washington operations with Swedish Health Services, Seattle. Under an affiliation agreement executed Jan. 26, the names for the two groups will remain the same, and Providence will remain Catholic while Swedish will...
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MONTCLAIR, N.J.—Montclair Health System set plans in motion to acquire Mountainside Hospital in Montclair by filing a certificate-of-need request with the state department of health to transfer the facility's ownership.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Duke Realty, an Indianapolis-based healthcare property owner, manager and developer, announced it has bought Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Alamo Heights in San Antonio and an adjacent medical office building.
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KOKOMO, Ind.—Community Health Network, Indianapolis, signed a letter of intent to acquire Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Ind. County-run Howard had a deal in place in May 2011 to merge with 13-hospital Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, but the transaction crumbled in...
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Has the nation reached a ‘new normal' in how much care we can afford? During the past couple of weeks, it sure felt as if the nation had been transported back to the late 1960s.
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“A new federal study found that Americans are getting screened for three major cancers—breast, cervical and colorectal—at rates far below national targets.
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Hear that? It's the sound of water gently cascading from a decorative fountain in a hospital lobby. But, if the murmur of flowing water is meant to instill a sense of calm among patients, visitors and staff, the reality is far more disquieting. And newsworthy.
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A list of the nation's 25 largest professional liability carriers, ranked by direct premiums written for medical professional liability in the U.S. in 2010. Source: A.M. Best Co. Published Feb. 6, 2012, p. 32.
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Dr. Derek Robinson was hired as executive director of the Illinois Hospital Association's Quality Care Institute, effective March 1. He replaces Patricia Merryweather, who left the IHA last June to become executive director of Telligen, the quality improvement organization for...
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It used to be that the worst thing that could happen to you at a vending machine was your bag of Fritos got stuck on one of those metal coils. Well, for schoolchildren in Utah, vending machines just got a whole lot less satisfying. As part of a public service initiative called LiVe, sponsored by...
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Speaking of nutrition … Outliers has to admit we have a love-hate relationship with french fries. We know their faults and try to end our relationships with the spuds, but we always come crawling back. Who can say “no” to a tempting basket of crunchy, perfectly salted,...
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